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he is governing in a difficult environment. is there one or two lessons he could learn from those radius presidencies? previous presidencies? >> he is trying hard. he has an awful situation. the republican party is terribly divided. it is terribly divided, so they spend much of their time fighting each other. to mess't have the time with democrats. >> there is not much he can do? >> he is trying. i think the staff that he has is good. but, they are not doing enough to get close to the congress. they are doing better. it is going to take a long time to get over and get past that point. , the taskke too long -- there is no task remaining until he is out of the door. >> you have said your favorite speaker was sam rayburn. a few questions. tip o'neill. >> a wonderful guy. everybody loved him. both republicans, democrats. was a good speaker. another irishman was a great one. john mccormick. of rayburn.rotÉge mentor of tip o'neill. succession.derful understood how the place should work and how people could work together. >> on the o
he is governing in a difficult environment. is there one or two lessons he could learn from those radius presidencies? previous presidencies? >> he is trying hard. he has an awful situation. the republican party is terribly divided. it is terribly divided, so they spend much of their time fighting each other. to mess't have the time with democrats. >> there is not much he can do? >> he is trying. i think the staff that he has is good. but, they are not doing enough to get...
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you know, what i want is i wanted them to bring their children to live in the same environment that they were forcing me and the people of dish, texas, to live in. >> you know, you say that, it's interesting. a lot of writing and political organizing works around that idea. i mean, there's that famous book "nickel and dime" where a writer tried to live at the poverty line and try to share with people what's that like as we've reported on msnbc, there's some legislators in certain states trying to do that on the minimum wage to make the argument that it's hard to live on the minimum wage. you're talking about arguably something that from a health perspective can be even more dire. what does it take to, you think, wake up sort of the elites, the businesspeople who are doing this and the political elites to what you're talking about? >> well, i think that you're seeing some of it now. you're seeing what they really believe. they don't believe they should have to deal with the same pain and suffering they're dealing out to other people. they need to come and feel some of the pain and see the
you know, what i want is i wanted them to bring their children to live in the same environment that they were forcing me and the people of dish, texas, to live in. >> you know, you say that, it's interesting. a lot of writing and political organizing works around that idea. i mean, there's that famous book "nickel and dime" where a writer tried to live at the poverty line and try to share with people what's that like as we've reported on msnbc, there's some legislators in...
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driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. olet's say you pay your tguy around 2 percent to manage your money. that's not much, you think except it's 2 percent every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms not ours that's how our system works. e*trade. less for us, more for you. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about two weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant,
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rodriguez from the environment department. >> good afternoon. i want to spend some time to talk about education activities that our department takes in support to get around conservation to city san franciscans and water users and we play a role to sf puc and do many activities. one that i wanted to focus on our if i can is our school education program and working with san francisco unified and various schools in order to do that. also i have a quick powerpoint. if we can put the that up as i walk through the items. since 2001 our school education team has been involved in water education. thanks to the support from the san francisco public utilities commission. we have designed a program called save our bay which we target to 5th grade classes merely teaching about water pollution prevention and promote water conservation. today we given over 800 presentation to 5th graders reaching about 25,000 students here in san francisco. in addition the team has developed a variety of fact sheets about environmental topics including water conservation and
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we have created such a regulatory environment today, even a small business has to spend $20,000 to $30,000 just complying with the 2800 regulations we layered on them federally last year, let alone the state and local. you know, erin, i invest in small businesses every week. that's what i do. i'm an investor. you should have these people talk to you. or even better still, let the president talk to somebody running a 17-person business in massachusetts or 30 employees in california. and hear what they say. they would not agree with him. and i think that is the core and the essence of america that we're not listening to. we need to listen to these people. they should tell us what to do. what they want right now is less government. >> thank you very much. i remember, by the way, the president saying he was going to go back and cut a whole lot of regulations. there was a big push for that. when you say 2800 on average, i'm going to assume you know your stats on that. that's horrific. that's probably something you could agree with the president on, too. >>> paying tribute to a comeky icon tonig
we have created such a regulatory environment today, even a small business has to spend $20,000 to $30,000 just complying with the 2800 regulations we layered on them federally last year, let alone the state and local. you know, erin, i invest in small businesses every week. that's what i do. i'm an investor. you should have these people talk to you. or even better still, let the president talk to somebody running a 17-person business in massachusetts or 30 employees in california. and hear...
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and have access to their moneys stashed in british banks, that would become a very different russian environment. now they're walking in the streets happy and screaming. you know, ukraine is russia, or crimea is russia. i would like to see russia completely closed. it is not the cold war, but if the borders are closed for other reasons, how popular will putin become with grandiose strategies. >> certainly once you start messing with people's money, they take it very personally. lawrence, a question i had about this is, you know, there are other actors on the world stage who are like in syria, like karzai, who's been particularly difficult. how does the way that president obama handles this situation impact, you know -- iran is another one. what are these world leaders looking for? >> well, i think all of these are interrelated. while we want to penalize putin for doing this, you need his help both in syria and eastern. without the russians putting the sanctions on iran, we would not be at the negotiating table. i think you have to keep these things in mind. your other guests would know this. the
and have access to their moneys stashed in british banks, that would become a very different russian environment. now they're walking in the streets happy and screaming. you know, ukraine is russia, or crimea is russia. i would like to see russia completely closed. it is not the cold war, but if the borders are closed for other reasons, how popular will putin become with grandiose strategies. >> certainly once you start messing with people's money, they take it very personally. lawrence,...
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he tells sean hannity they became more interested in politics than the environment. >> it is a powerful convergence of interest with large number of elite including politicians who want to seem as though they are saving the world environmentalists who want to raise money and get control over large issues like our entire energy policy. media for sensationalism universities and professors for grants you can't hardly get a science grant these days without saying it has something to do with climate change. it will is a kind of nasty combination of extreme ideology and religious cult all rolled into one. >> moore went on to say a hotter earth would be better for humans. >>> oo it is a free travel frenzy. accepting millions of dollar lashes of free trip. law americas expected $3.7 million in free travel last year. that is according to polytheists lit co money lines. it is the highest amount in a decade. 493 privately funded trips up from 402 in 2012. rules changed back in 2007 which allowed charities to under right travels. many of the nonprofits have political agenda. he wracked up the highe
he tells sean hannity they became more interested in politics than the environment. >> it is a powerful convergence of interest with large number of elite including politicians who want to seem as though they are saving the world environmentalists who want to raise money and get control over large issues like our entire energy policy. media for sensationalism universities and professors for grants you can't hardly get a science grant these days without saying it has something to do with...
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lost the information environment, he also lost the military. with an explosion of grievances against the autocratic regime, people started putting their guns down. it is very easy to see -- to unseat and autocrat. what happens next? much more difficult. in future revolutions, they will be easier to start, but harder to finish. they are harder to finish, because if you look at ukraine, it is a highly complex society. it is not just a democrat. the eastern part of the country sympathizes with russia. the government in kiev is still in transition where there hasn't been a charismatic leader to step up. it is far more complex than following a play-by-play. >> in the ukraine, you have a sophisticated cup -- population that is highly wired. it doesn't necessarily produce democracy, power, and so forth. it can be used against it. in the book, we talk about egypt. what happened with the egyptian government, hosting mubarak got so scared of what was going on that they shut down the internet for four and a half days. the average person said, oh my god, t
lost the information environment, he also lost the military. with an explosion of grievances against the autocratic regime, people started putting their guns down. it is very easy to see -- to unseat and autocrat. what happens next? much more difficult. in future revolutions, they will be easier to start, but harder to finish. they are harder to finish, because if you look at ukraine, it is a highly complex society. it is not just a democrat. the eastern part of the country sympathizes with...
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anybody involved in moving money from one place to another is confronting a new regulatory environment, and we have our banks against the wall confronting audit as well as our stockholders. >> right. lou: by the end of the year, what kind of economy here? how much growth? we saw the fourth quarter revise again. what do you think it will be this year? >> i think by the end of the year we're going to be a solid 3%. that kind of assumes that all the pieces fall in to place. lou: yeah. there's that caveat. we appreciate it. greg miller, sun trust. we're delighted to see you. >> my pleasure. >>> up next lou dobbs to be the. we're going hollywood. stay with us. >>> a record-breaking year at the box office films bringing in all-time high 10.9 billion last year, and now they're looking to take home hollywood's top honor sunday. here to break down the top oscar contenders and likely winners is host of the television show -- great to see you. >> great to see you, too. >> let's start with "gravity." i find the movie a fascinating idea. the great stars. does it win best picture? >> it certainly is
anybody involved in moving money from one place to another is confronting a new regulatory environment, and we have our banks against the wall confronting audit as well as our stockholders. >> right. lou: by the end of the year, what kind of economy here? how much growth? we saw the fourth quarter revise again. what do you think it will be this year? >> i think by the end of the year we're going to be a solid 3%. that kind of assumes that all the pieces fall in to place. lou: yeah....
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and the only difference is that i kbru up in an environment that was a little bit more forgiving. >> congressman elijah cummings joining us right now, a democratic congressman from maryland. i know you were there in the east room of the white house, congressman. take us inside for you personally what was it like to hear the president really express these kinds of emotions? >> i tell you, it made me feel emotional, wolf, as an african-american man who was once an african-american boy. and to see those young men standing there. but the fact is that not only did the presidency himself in those boys, wolf, he allowed those boys to see themselves in him. and that is very, very critical. and that's the part that's been missing. we've got a president who has been elevated to where he is. but a lot of those young boys probably felt at some time this was unreachable. by him allowing himself to be seen, that is, to strip himself and let them know that he had been through what they had been through, i think is made a tremendous difference. as a matter of fact, one of the young boys said to me b
and the only difference is that i kbru up in an environment that was a little bit more forgiving. >> congressman elijah cummings joining us right now, a democratic congressman from maryland. i know you were there in the east room of the white house, congressman. take us inside for you personally what was it like to hear the president really express these kinds of emotions? >> i tell you, it made me feel emotional, wolf, as an african-american man who was once an african-american...
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. >> you know what, in a sane environment people do when they have problems with a good objective, they fix the problems. in the end, that's really what alison is telling you, send me to washington, i'll do something that makes sense, and if there's a problem with it, i'll fix it. >> and today, in the latest sign the clinton machine is revving up, the most aggressive outside group supporting hillary clinton these days -- american bridge -- has released its first web ad defending her. the target? kentucky senator rand paul who's revived attacks on the clintons, in particular bill clinton, over the monica lewinsky affair. its message? paul is obsessed with the '90s. >> rand paul is out there, he's banging on the clintons every day. now, what's his strategy? >> well, i'm not certain he has a strategy. >> there's a lot of things going on right now that we need to be concerned about other than what happened 15 years ago. >> the record is what will be judged upon. >> it's not a long-term winning strategy for republicans. let's all go back and dance the macarena and talk about 1998. ♪ >> by
. >> you know what, in a sane environment people do when they have problems with a good objective, they fix the problems. in the end, that's really what alison is telling you, send me to washington, i'll do something that makes sense, and if there's a problem with it, i'll fix it. >> and today, in the latest sign the clinton machine is revving up, the most aggressive outside group supporting hillary clinton these days -- american bridge -- has released its first web ad defending...
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it will affect the environment. but most of all the risk. the risk for the president, well, he's not running again, is he? the democrats will be able to go out and say we stand for the environment. our president proved it. and we proved to who? the kids. the next generation. well, here they are. 4th of july at aunt wendy's house. that's 8 of 11. when they come to the lake, they eat everything. that's why we have three refrigerators. what are we going to tell them? you ever think about what kind of world are we going to leave them? what kind of message are we going to send? now, we're teaching the kids that america is a wonderful country. it's 4th of july. they're jumping in the water. they're going to go hang out on the raft. they're going to twaef american flag. and i can tell you they'll eat all the food. what are we telling them? oil is going to be the focal point of your energy source many the future. we say yes to pipelines, we give big tax breaks to big oil, whatever they want, or do we want their generation to be different from ours?
it will affect the environment. but most of all the risk. the risk for the president, well, he's not running again, is he? the democrats will be able to go out and say we stand for the environment. our president proved it. and we proved to who? the kids. the next generation. well, here they are. 4th of july at aunt wendy's house. that's 8 of 11. when they come to the lake, they eat everything. that's why we have three refrigerators. what are we going to tell them? you ever think about what kind...
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prevention is critical and starting prevention in your home and particularly as we focus in the k through 12 environment, policies are changing in this country in terms of the consumption of food. the importance of feeding kids a healthy breakfast. michaela, i'm not sure if you know this. let me tell you this. children who consume a healthy breakfast and who are physically active for a minimum of 30 minutes a day perform higher on mathematical tests up to 17% higher. they excel in reading. in many cases, they read at a great level higher. we call that the learning connection. the impact that eating healthy and being physically active has on performance, behavior, attendance. so my response back to you is, let's make sure we find ways for kids to be active before, during, and after the school day. as parents, it is our responsibility to make sure we are talking to our school administrators. we are making sure our kids are not going hungry when they walk into the school building and much of what the first lady is doing is making sure the kids get the proper nutrients that they can get in the school buildi
prevention is critical and starting prevention in your home and particularly as we focus in the k through 12 environment, policies are changing in this country in terms of the consumption of food. the importance of feeding kids a healthy breakfast. michaela, i'm not sure if you know this. let me tell you this. children who consume a healthy breakfast and who are physically active for a minimum of 30 minutes a day perform higher on mathematical tests up to 17% higher. they excel in reading. in...
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driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. (voseeker of the sublime.ro. you can separate runway diculousness... from fashionhat flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national isanked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (natalie) ooooh, i like your style. (vo) so do we, business pro. so do we. go national. go like pro. . >>> last call, helping american vets and their family, next sunday, the auction at the fisher house will cease and we'll announce the winner on monday on this, my notes from the presidential interview, signed by president obama and myself, great historical item, one-of-a-kind. and you are we hope you bid on it. also for a $25 donation to the fisher house you get a replica. be a patriot, help the fisher house, a lot of vets who need help. >>> finally, megyn kelly and brian kilmeade will be doing a benefit for the schools, campus of li post in new york. brian a
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. >> you know what in a sane environment people do when they have problems with a good objective? they fix the problems. the other choice is to just pout if you're not -- if your pear is not in the white house and make as many problems as you can, stop anything good from happening and if you cane stop it at least bad mouth it. and then when life being what it is and all of us being imperfect as we are, when there's a problem, do everything you can to make sure the problem is never fixed. it may work and get people torn up and mad all the time. but it's a dumb way to run a country. >> so according to the latest poll in kentucky, it's still anybody's race with grimes leading mcconnell. mcconnell's unpopularity may be leading the polls. mitch mcconnell seems anything but worried about the former president campaigning in his home state. he was asked about it yesterday on capitol hill. >> welcome him back. the last time he ran in 1996 he eked out a narrow victory in kentucky while i beat the current gov any by 160,000 votes, 10 points. in 2008 both bill and hillary clinton came to town
. >> you know what in a sane environment people do when they have problems with a good objective? they fix the problems. the other choice is to just pout if you're not -- if your pear is not in the white house and make as many problems as you can, stop anything good from happening and if you cane stop it at least bad mouth it. and then when life being what it is and all of us being imperfect as we are, when there's a problem, do everything you can to make sure the problem is never fixed....
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are you arguing at this point when you look at the environment, technology, what we're up against, there isn't really a logical place for federalism here because of what you just mentioned? >> no, there's certainly a logical place and the states can easily go beyond what the federal government is requiring, and they are. you've had the northeastern states that entered into a compact on greenhouse gases and do some carbon trading, so there's a lot the states can and will do, but bottom line, these are issues that affect all americans, actually, they affect the world, and we need to be taking action on them. the world's not going to end tomorrow. nobody says that, but i think anyone who has been outside in the last year understands that things are changing. i mean, the world has changed since it was formed, but what we're putting into the atmosphere and the way we're changing land use is having an impact, making these things happen faster and be more severe, and we've got to slow them down to start to anticipate what we're going to have to deal with. >> and what do you say to republicans w
are you arguing at this point when you look at the environment, technology, what we're up against, there isn't really a logical place for federalism here because of what you just mentioned? >> no, there's certainly a logical place and the states can easily go beyond what the federal government is requiring, and they are. you've had the northeastern states that entered into a compact on greenhouse gases and do some carbon trading, so there's a lot the states can and will do, but bottom...
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driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors, and 4 mics that capture incredible sound. plus, it has apps like vine -- and free cloud storage. my new lumia icon is so great, even our wipeouts look amazing. ♪ honestly, i want to see you be brave ♪ ♪ ♪ ho♪estly, i want to see you be brave ♪ they lived ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what mas a subaru, a subaru. >>> fridays with geraldo segment tonight. outrage in maher county. two convicted child rapist have received no time for their crimes. a raped a 7-year-old for five years until she was 12. second one had sex with a boy under the age of 13. they won't tell us how old but under the age of 13 last year. both of these individuals have been sentenced to probation. here now to te
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the press was nowhere around, nowhere near her and it was a very protected environment. this is very far from what a town hall in new hampshire, iowa, or any of the early primary states look like and, frankly, i was struck sitting there by how much measured, how cautious she was and the fact that she doesn't connect with young people nearly to the same level that her husband did or that barack obama does. they would have had that room vibrating. i found it quite inspirational. >> interesting to hear that. and that may play into what we're going to hear from glenn rush. you wrote an article that went off in "politico" overnight, a really, really interesting profile of joe biden. he sat down with him, interviewed him on an amtrack train. and you heard about this retreat that was attended by all sorts of joe biden insiders. and they went to this retreat and the people with joe biden came out saying this. you wrote this. the others at the biden retreat came away feeling that clinton would ultimately decide not to run. but insiders telling you they believe biden -- that hilla
the press was nowhere around, nowhere near her and it was a very protected environment. this is very far from what a town hall in new hampshire, iowa, or any of the early primary states look like and, frankly, i was struck sitting there by how much measured, how cautious she was and the fact that she doesn't connect with young people nearly to the same level that her husband did or that barack obama does. they would have had that room vibrating. i found it quite inspirational. >>...
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but it is a different environment fundamentally from any other kind of dealing with putin. one has to understand where he is right now. his policy initiatives have been very rash. you don't do what he does unless you think the stakes are very high and in his view i think he believes the political forces out of this recent political crisis has now led ukraine to a position where russia is losing it to the eu and nato and he believes that's happened in part if not engineered by the u.s. and the eu and others then strongly supported by it and come to have an exceedingly negative view of the administration, of the americans and it will be very hard to do any kind of a deal with him where you get back to the clinton proposition to trust him on a deal. we're in a different world with putin right now. >> okay. but let me ask you this. madeline albright called him delusional. is he completely delusional in reading the country with a country on the doorstep, right on the border? is he delusional or is he right to be quite paranoid about the situation and in his own way he believes a
but it is a different environment fundamentally from any other kind of dealing with putin. one has to understand where he is right now. his policy initiatives have been very rash. you don't do what he does unless you think the stakes are very high and in his view i think he believes the political forces out of this recent political crisis has now led ukraine to a position where russia is losing it to the eu and nato and he believes that's happened in part if not engineered by the u.s. and the...
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that they're in so having a school environment based on caring and respect, one where discipline is equitable and fair and not suspended for things they shouldn't be and rigorous curriculum that's based on high expectations so that means having ap classes and honors classes and enrichment programs at the schools. all help black males to achieve in school. >> james, you contend that charity is not justice and that philanthropy is not policy. what do you mean? >> well, charity is not justice is my quote. i think the question is about scale. i don't disagree with either of our guests here. i think they're right in their assessment of it and starting the conversation but the question for me is about scale and while i appreciate and applaud all of the foundations at the table and the corporations that will come to the table, i think the federal government's got to be at the table to bring to scale the things that ivory's talking about. talking about nutrition in the public school system, if you want to talk about making sort of providing support for what the department of education is do
that they're in so having a school environment based on caring and respect, one where discipline is equitable and fair and not suspended for things they shouldn't be and rigorous curriculum that's based on high expectations so that means having ap classes and honors classes and enrichment programs at the schools. all help black males to achieve in school. >> james, you contend that charity is not justice and that philanthropy is not policy. what do you mean? >> well, charity is not...
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listen, this is a sports environment, right. we want the kids to be competitive, right. these are future athletes, maybe even future pro athletes. guess what, they are not going to be quiet when playing for miami heat, when playing for the rangers. >> we know they are talking a lot of trash on the court. andy, there's been situations where parents got in fist fights, became way too vocal, horrible role models. >> this isn't one of those situations. this looks like a solution in search of a problem. no one said there are parents that ar problem. if you want to eliminate negativity and negative stuff, do that. don't completely eliminate being able to vocally cheer for your kids. that's un-american. >> apparently 15 parents went to the doghouse. one of the parents said, now i know what it feels like when i give my kids time-out because i got one. >> nothing wrong with punishing parents, if grandma is kneecapping jimmy, it's going to ruin the game. you're taking all the fun out of it for grandma and grandpa. >> soccer games for my daughter, the coach has told me not to say,
listen, this is a sports environment, right. we want the kids to be competitive, right. these are future athletes, maybe even future pro athletes. guess what, they are not going to be quiet when playing for miami heat, when playing for the rangers. >> we know they are talking a lot of trash on the court. andy, there's been situations where parents got in fist fights, became way too vocal, horrible role models. >> this isn't one of those situations. this looks like a solution in...
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. >> so as her grandmother, you've made the case that she is safer and in a better environment with you. what have you told the court in this plea, this desperate plea, to keep your 6-year-old granddaughter? >> i've told them that he's a convicted felon, i've told them that he offered her to me for sale. during a phone conversation with him. he said when he was in tacoma holding facility, immigration holding facility prior to his deportation, he said that he would sign her over to me if i paid for immigration attorney to keep him here in the united states. i told the court that it was equivalent to human trafficking, and that with her emotional issues, that it was the wrong thing to do to send her, essentially, to another world that she doesn't know. >> what is your worst fear here? listen, we do know that people with felony convictions in many cases, obviously, are allowed to keep their children. a conviction does not mean that you are not going to be able to care for that child, particularly if it's not an offense against that child, but what is your worst fear as her grand mom knowin
. >> so as her grandmother, you've made the case that she is safer and in a better environment with you. what have you told the court in this plea, this desperate plea, to keep your 6-year-old granddaughter? >> i've told them that he's a convicted felon, i've told them that he offered her to me for sale. during a phone conversation with him. he said when he was in tacoma holding facility, immigration holding facility prior to his deportation, he said that he would sign her over to...
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words by the time they're 3. >> that's amazing. >> so we need to figure out how to provide an enriched environment for the very young children. the president has made a clear commitment he thinks every child should have access to quality, early childhood education, so they go into school prepared to learn. the president's also going to talk a lot about the responsibility of parents, of extended family, everyone has a role that they can play. these young boys and men need positive role models. and i'll tell you a story told to me yesterday by a young man who works here. he said, children will aspire to the expectations that we set for them. and so, we need to set expectations high, and then we need to make sure all of our children have that chance to be lifted up. >> well, the importance of an extended family is something that the president lived, obviously. >> exactly. exactly. >> valerie jarrett, is it fair to say this will probably be a big part of a focus of the president once he leaves office, as well? >> well, i think both he and the first lady are committed to spending a good part of their l
words by the time they're 3. >> that's amazing. >> so we need to figure out how to provide an enriched environment for the very young children. the president has made a clear commitment he thinks every child should have access to quality, early childhood education, so they go into school prepared to learn. the president's also going to talk a lot about the responsibility of parents, of extended family, everyone has a role that they can play. these young boys and men need positive...
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. >> we have a lot of employers that rely upon workers and especially in this high-growth environment, where are you going to get people to work to clean our hotel rooms or do our landscaping? and we don't need to put these employers in a position of hiring undocumented and illegal workers. >> sink is running in a special election for the seat of the late bill young. her campaign says that clip misrepresents the candidate's position on immigration. we'll have a full report on that race tomorrow. >>> so is president obama bailing on afghanistan at the cost of national security? what is the policy? we'll ask the fox all-stars in just a minute. test test. test test. the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join to
. >> we have a lot of employers that rely upon workers and especially in this high-growth environment, where are you going to get people to work to clean our hotel rooms or do our landscaping? and we don't need to put these employers in a position of hiring undocumented and illegal workers. >> sink is running in a special election for the seat of the late bill young. her campaign says that clip misrepresents the candidate's position on immigration. we'll have a full report on that...
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he wants these countries to look to russia for guidance on what to do on the international environment. he wants to re-create or create some kind of an economic union. he sternly does not want responsibility for the internal problems. they have economic problems. thingsays that the worst was the collapse of the soviet that ifut you believe he thought he could re-create a soviet union, he would want to because of all the problems that would go with it. countries,wanted most of all the ukraine, looking to russia. them to be part of an arrangement russia, not the west. he wants to avoid them establishing stronger linkages with the west. he wants them to have much stronger linkages with russia. russia has some measure of control. >> he says that specifically in part, does he not? is a typical autocrat. he has made no secret of what he wants to do. he is doing it. i think he has a clear purpose in mind. he's taking the long view here. he is prepared to play this out. we will see tactical moves. one way or another. i think we need to keep in mind what his objective is. my view is that he wil
he wants these countries to look to russia for guidance on what to do on the international environment. he wants to re-create or create some kind of an economic union. he sternly does not want responsibility for the internal problems. they have economic problems. thingsays that the worst was the collapse of the soviet that ifut you believe he thought he could re-create a soviet union, he would want to because of all the problems that would go with it. countries,wanted most of all the ukraine,...
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>> no, this is a different environment. ukraine's far different. we never got involved militarily in georgia, but there were limited options we had like bringing the best georgian troops back to fight the russians. >> you did have george w. bush face a similar situation. you don't think he should have gone in militarily, aggressively start some war. this president is not doing this. i don't understand how the critique is -- wouldn't you agree the president is handling this situation as it hits his desk right now, appropriately? >> i think we can't go to war. that's very clear. there's no military option here. so i've tried to stand with the administration and say in congress tomorrow we're going to talk about sanctions. eliot's done a good job leading that with ed royce. i think we need to take the fact that america in 2020 will be the leading world energy producer, so let's talk about that being used to be an offset to the russians because their energy is their weapon. if we're looking to make russia a pariah state, that's where the president need
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i don't know if we could say i think the permissivene environment we have created through this reset, thinking someone likeg that putin reacts to warmth and charm when he really reacts to weakness, and he has seen in our foreign-policy efforts over the course of this last year. whatnnot make a case that happened in crimea would not have happened, but he has not felt that there would be much of a pushback from us. i am thankful today that, again, there are some steps being taken . we stand ready to enable the administration to adapt more forcefully. we had a great meeting yesterday. i could not be more disappointed that we are where we are. i think our credibility very much has been on the line, is on the line, and i do think us unified and very strong reaction and approach over a long time, not short term, is important relative to russia right now and us regaining that credibility. i thank you for being here. i know you will talk about syria. i hope you will explain more fully what you think these sanctions that have been announced this morning are about. that will be helpful to us ov
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and his life is he grew up in a more forgiving environment. in hawaii, if you got in trouble there weren't really any serious consequences, but on the streets of chicago, those consequences could be fatal. b.a.m. standing for becoming a man. it's an initiative you have all spoken about. walk us through this. >> this is about the president's opportunity agenda, making sure that everybody has an opportunity to succeed, and making sure we tap into the potential of every young man in america. there are too many people who have remarkable potential. i believe that everybody is gifted and talented. it's incumbent on us to draw out those gifts and talents. all too frequently zip code or other circumstances in life undermines your able to tap your full potential. that's what this is about, making sure we invest in young men of color, understanding that it starts with early childhood, making sure that we are looking at middle and high school, where we have bleak and brown kids disproportionately suspended, and making sure we have a pathway to the middl
and his life is he grew up in a more forgiving environment. in hawaii, if you got in trouble there weren't really any serious consequences, but on the streets of chicago, those consequences could be fatal. b.a.m. standing for becoming a man. it's an initiative you have all spoken about. walk us through this. >> this is about the president's opportunity agenda, making sure that everybody has an opportunity to succeed, and making sure we tap into the potential of every young man in america....
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driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. >>> america's longest war may be coming to an end sooner than expected. the president ord ed the pentagon to draw up plans for a complete withdrawal from afghanistan by the end of the year. joining me now, jack jacobs. can i ask you this. is this posturing or does the u.s. really want to do this? >> i think we really want to do it but we shouldn't discount the fact that our politicians have a policy to think before they think, drawing lines in the sand we never tend to reinforce. so some of this is posturing but by the end of the day if we can't reach an arrangement with karzai, we're leaving. we are going to do that. we have areas surrounding afghanistan we can do some operations but i think the intention is to get out. >> a reporter wrote yesterday that u.s. officials told her that al qaeda is planning a comeback in afghanistan. some of that is politically motivated. how concerned are you that that is a reality. >> i think it is a reality. don't
driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. >>> america's longest war may be coming to an end sooner than expected. the president ord ed the pentagon to draw up plans for a complete withdrawal from afghanistan by the end of the year. joining me now, jack jacobs. can i ask you this. is this posturing or does the u.s. really want to do this? >> i think we really want to do it but we...
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you know what the real answer is, create an economic environment where we have jobs 37 and the best way we can do that is unleash energy in the country. the president won't allow that to happen because he's reduced leases by 50%. >> the >> ceos said we'd lose 500,000 jobs because of the incentive of obamacare subsidies. welfare and food stamps. >> moms depend on welfare, we need a family back. now you're going to have no more food stamps >> young and low skilled workers repeatedly get hurt from minimum wage. >> whatever. that is your village. has jimmy fallon's new show become a safe haven for the left? coming up, next. my dad has atrial fibrillation, or afib. he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests o
you know what the real answer is, create an economic environment where we have jobs 37 and the best way we can do that is unleash energy in the country. the president won't allow that to happen because he's reduced leases by 50%. >> the >> ceos said we'd lose 500,000 jobs because of the incentive of obamacare subsidies. welfare and food stamps. >> moms depend on welfare, we need a family back. now you're going to have no more food stamps >> young and low skilled workers...
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to protect the environment, natural habitats and so forth. that needs to be paid for as well. i think the licensing fees go to that support. host: freelancer on twitter -- how much debt did bush leave? trillion dollars spent in eight years and now gop act like they had nothing to do with that. i cannot recall how much that was there when president obama came into the white house, but there is no question that under president george w. bush, the deficit and debt grew significantly, primarily because of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, which were not paid for -- the expansion of the medicare part d entitlement, which was not paid for. and the significant bush tax cuts that also of course when not paid for. and so all those combined dramatically widened the debts over president bush's eight years. and the recession assertive in in last year this presidency 2007 put the nail in the coffin and wiped out government finances to a large degree. so there is no question that george w. bush's presidency was not good for federal finances overall. host: we are talking here this morning on
to protect the environment, natural habitats and so forth. that needs to be paid for as well. i think the licensing fees go to that support. host: freelancer on twitter -- how much debt did bush leave? trillion dollars spent in eight years and now gop act like they had nothing to do with that. i cannot recall how much that was there when president obama came into the white house, but there is no question that under president george w. bush, the deficit and debt grew significantly, primarily...
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. >> here in southern california, it's a dry and hot environment. when people die outside, they can mummify or become skeletal quickly. >> this was lying in the desert for probably more than a year. maybe one to five years. >> our anthropologists can help with information that we can't get from an autopsy. >> like reading the bones, some people say. >> but all too often the bodies are not identified. >> what happens to remains when we finish our investigation is they're buried or cremated. >> and this is where they finally end up. in a dusty section of the county graveyard in a kind of giant filing cabinet. a monument to the ashes of the unknown and unclaimed. >> a moving story. our thanks to vocative for the work on it. that wraps things up for me. it's my favorite time of day, t "the reid report" with my favorite colleague, joy reid. stay tuned. she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! h
. >> here in southern california, it's a dry and hot environment. when people die outside, they can mummify or become skeletal quickly. >> this was lying in the desert for probably more than a year. maybe one to five years. >> our anthropologists can help with information that we can't get from an autopsy. >> like reading the bones, some people say. >> but all too often the bodies are not identified. >> what happens to remains when we finish our investigation...
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driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. i'm saving a ton of time by posting them to my wall. oh, i like that one. it's so quick! it's just like my car insurance. i saved 15% in just 15 minutes. i saved more than that in half the time. i unfriend you. that's not how it works. that's not how any of this works. [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for auote isn't how it works anymore. with esurance, 7 1/2 minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by allstate. click or call. >>> exact segment tonight. >> as you may know the obama administration is seeking to cut the military brujt while raising spending on the domestic side. pentagon's 2015 budget calls to cutting army to smallest size. that has angered ambassador john bolton. >> i think the president wants to reduce the size of our military to limit capabilities. this has nothing to do with the budget. given the increase in budget expenditures on the domestic side. this is about the president reducing
driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. i'm saving a ton of time by posting them to my wall. oh, i like that one. it's so quick! it's just like my car insurance. i saved 15% in just 15 minutes. i saved more than that in half the time. i unfriend you. that's not how it works. that's not how any of this works. [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for auote isn't how it works anymore. with esurance, 7 1/2...
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driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. the next time you nt a dvd, don't bother rewinding it. the way i see it, it's t next guy's problem. oh, larry. she thinks i'm crazy. mm-hmm. but would a crazy person save 15% on car insurance in just minutes? [ chuckles ] [ malennouncer ] 15 minutes for a quote is crazy. with esurance, 7½ minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by allstate. click or call. >>> exact segment tonight. >> as you may know the obama administration is seeking to cut the military brujt while raising spending on the domestic side. pentagon's 2015 budget calls to cutting army to smallest size. that has angered am bolton. >> i think the president wants to reduce the size of our military to limit capabilities. this has nothing to do with the budget. given the increase in budget expenditures on the domestic side. this is about the president reducing american power, doing it consciously and systematically. >> now the ambassador jo
driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. the next time you nt a dvd, don't bother rewinding it. the way i see it, it's t next guy's problem. oh, larry. she thinks i'm crazy. mm-hmm. but would a crazy person save 15% on car insurance in just minutes? [ chuckles ] [ malennouncer ] 15 minutes for a quote is crazy. with esurance, 7½ minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern...
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some vendors will need to be isolated to provide a secure environment for both staff and offenders. it strikes me that a great many people would think that solitary confinement, particularly for an extended amount of time is not an appropriate punishment for relatively minor infractions, but it could well be a necessary tool for those violent inmates and may pose a real threat to the safety of other inmates or guards. these are the members of this panel has interacted with the criminal-justice system in different capacities. as carmen in mr. thibodaux as inmates. mr. brouwer administering. mr. dear roche administering and helping bring hope and redemption to those incarcerated mr. levin studying in the important justice issues. the question that i would ask of all five of you is in your judgment based upon the different experiences you have had, is there an appropriate role for solitary confinement? is there a need for it? and in what circumstances it at all? and i would welcome the views of all five witnesses. >> in my mind right now, yes. but in a limited sense. that is because i
some vendors will need to be isolated to provide a secure environment for both staff and offenders. it strikes me that a great many people would think that solitary confinement, particularly for an extended amount of time is not an appropriate punishment for relatively minor infractions, but it could well be a necessary tool for those violent inmates and may pose a real threat to the safety of other inmates or guards. these are the members of this panel has interacted with the criminal-justice...
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it is a very difficult environment for workers. unemployment is high, but that gives companies the pick of the litter of people they want to hire. they have a lot of exposure overseas which is good when it is growing. the biggest risk for american companies the stock market is what is going on in places like and russia right now. jenna: interesting. you mentioned jobs. bad winter weather with job growth expected to move with warmer temperatures. do you think there's something else going on with the job market? >> that is a running theory right now. numbers look flaky. much better idea tomorrow. i think the first quarter is a wash. we will not have a sense of what kind of shape this economy is until we get into april or may and see a longer stretch. jenna: the job market and the numbers from americans who say they don't feel so great about the economy. what will it take to make people feel better and feel comfortable feeling better? >> that gets into what i was talking about. for a worker, it is really tough. especially if you have
it is a very difficult environment for workers. unemployment is high, but that gives companies the pick of the litter of people they want to hire. they have a lot of exposure overseas which is good when it is growing. the biggest risk for american companies the stock market is what is going on in places like and russia right now. jenna: interesting. you mentioned jobs. bad winter weather with job growth expected to move with warmer temperatures. do you think there's something else going on with...
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and the second problem has been the environment for safety of media workers is not that, still not good. there's still a lot of intimidation going on, particularly when cases become personal. and then those who are covered will go after the media workers and start -- [inaudible] we have had examples of in this the past. and the thursday -- the third problem has been lack of sufficient education in the area of investigative journalism among afghan media workers which is a pity because in afghanistan which corruption makes a huge problem, there's a huge need for investigative journalism. >> you know, that segways to another subject. let me ask you about this, james, and it's sort of our business in a way and also the business of mr. anzar here which is state broadcasting, you know, government broadcasting. mr. anzar's rta is moving to more of a public broadcasting model and changing the way they think about their work. i guess the question for you and i and maybe others in the room here, what's the appropriate role for the bbc and voa and other international broadcasters that also broadca
and the second problem has been the environment for safety of media workers is not that, still not good. there's still a lot of intimidation going on, particularly when cases become personal. and then those who are covered will go after the media workers and start -- [inaudible] we have had examples of in this the past. and the thursday -- the third problem has been lack of sufficient education in the area of investigative journalism among afghan media workers which is a pity because in...
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host: worried about the environment. guest: i touched on that a minute ago. if we were to get the right kind of regulatory environment that encourages private investment, capital investment, there are hundreds of billions in terms of private investment that is ready going into ands is ready to go into the energy industry. that investment drives new technologies so we can produce more energy with better environmental stewardship. when we talk about drilling techniques and drilling many oil head, whenone single we talk about hydraulic fracturing, we are producing energy with less omissions and a smaller environmental footprint. when you get the right kind of regulatory approach that drives that investment, you deploy these new technologies -- they produce more energy with better environmental stewardship. environmentalfrom standpoint and those technologies are adopted around the globe. that is how you get the better environmental stewardship with more energy production. host: we talked about some of your other work on capitol hill. the olympics just ended and y
host: worried about the environment. guest: i touched on that a minute ago. if we were to get the right kind of regulatory environment that encourages private investment, capital investment, there are hundreds of billions in terms of private investment that is ready going into ands is ready to go into the energy industry. that investment drives new technologies so we can produce more energy with better environmental stewardship. when we talk about drilling techniques and drilling many oil head,...
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university campuses being what they are being a very liberal environment. >> as i was saying more than 200 faculty members signed that petition. at this point rutgers has no plans to cancel rice's appearance. >> the time now is 19 after the top of the hour. coming up a war of words, purdue university trying to stop a pair of married alums from using the word god. a new verdict in this controversial case. >>> she grew up on the beach. now maria molina is trading in her sunglasses for her skis. wait until you see what happens when she hits the slopes for the very first time and takes on the half pipe. about hotels. all-you-can-eat is a hotel policy that allows you to eat all that you can. the hotel gym is short for gymnasium. the hotel pool is usually filled with water. and the best dot com for booking hotels, is hotels.com. it's on the internet, but you probably knew that. or maybe not, i don't really know you. bellman: welcome back, captain obvious. captain obvious: yes i am. all those words are spelled correctly. >> gambling under the influence. a wealthy businessman who lost half a m
university campuses being what they are being a very liberal environment. >> as i was saying more than 200 faculty members signed that petition. at this point rutgers has no plans to cancel rice's appearance. >> the time now is 19 after the top of the hour. coming up a war of words, purdue university trying to stop a pair of married alums from using the word god. a new verdict in this controversial case. >>> she grew up on the beach. now maria molina is trading in her...
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you know, i've worked in education, environment, science research, policy, and civil liberties, and, oh, voting procedures. a number of things over the, well, now nearly two decades. i'm in my 16th year, i guess. so i could point to a number of those things. but i do stand by that statement, that the congress is the greatest instrument. doesn't always work perfectly, there are days when it hardly works at all, but it is a great instrument for justice and human welfare. >> yeah, and i understand that you feel that way, and i think that probably comes from your pride of office and the hard work you do, but the composition congress has changed a lot, as we mentioned, "the times" and others focus on the fact when you depart, only one scientist will be left, there are a lot fewer veterans than there used to be, there's a lot more upper, upper incomes, anyone stationed in life and previous job or role or training isn't the only thing you can say about them. i do think it's fair to say that the institution has changed in the aggregate of who's in it, and i don't think it's a research to say
you know, i've worked in education, environment, science research, policy, and civil liberties, and, oh, voting procedures. a number of things over the, well, now nearly two decades. i'm in my 16th year, i guess. so i could point to a number of those things. but i do stand by that statement, that the congress is the greatest instrument. doesn't always work perfectly, there are days when it hardly works at all, but it is a great instrument for justice and human welfare. >> yeah, and i...
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mean as much in an era when redistricting has made almost every seat safe from the national political environment. but what it does talk about is just the overall mood and the mood right now is favoring republicans. that generic ballot traditionally is more supportive of democrats. there are more people who are registered as democrats in this country or who identify as democrats. >> which a 4 point lead for republicans that translates into big numbers of seats in like red or purplish states. if you are in arkansas or in alaska, louisiana, north carolina, places where the senate is resting, that four-point lead looks like a ten-point republican lead and that's bad news. >> going back to 2010, a big republican sweep in the house, i believe the generic ballots were relatively close. >> but if you go back to 2006 -- >> right. >> last time democrats won control at this point in the cycle, nobody thought that democrats were going to be able to take control of the house. i think it's still very early and the best that democrats can do is what they're doing. where they're recruiting good candidates your
mean as much in an era when redistricting has made almost every seat safe from the national political environment. but what it does talk about is just the overall mood and the mood right now is favoring republicans. that generic ballot traditionally is more supportive of democrats. there are more people who are registered as democrats in this country or who identify as democrats. >> which a 4 point lead for republicans that translates into big numbers of seats in like red or purplish...